October 2, 1956 (1956-10-02) (age 50)
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation:
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Television writer
Nationality:
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American
Writing period:
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1986 - Present
Genres:
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Humour
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Mike Scully Detailed Biography -
Mike Scully (born October 2, 1956 in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is an Emmy Award-winning American television writer best known for his work as show runner of the Fox series The Simpsons from 1997 - 2001 (Seasons 9-12).
He began as a writer/producer on the show during Season 5 and wrote several episodes that aired in Season 6, including Two Dozen and One Greyhounds and Lisa's Rival. During Season 13, he wrote and executive produced How I Spent My Strummer Vacation."
He was a writer on Everybody Loves Raymond for part of Season 7 and all of Season 8, and co-created (with Julie Thacker) The Pitts for FBC and Complete Savages for ABC.
He started his career by writing jokes for Yakov Smirnoff. He is currently co-writing and co-executive producing (with Al Jean) The Simpsons Movie.
An editorial on Slate claims The Simpsons changed from a realistic show about family life into a typical cartoon during Scully's years as executive producer of The Simpsons.
"But under Scully's tenure, The Simpsons became, well, a cartoon. ... Episodes that once would have ended with Homer and Marge bicycling into the sunset (perhaps while Bart gagged in the background) now end with Homer blowing a tranquilizer dart into Marge's neck."
